Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Making Your Own Spirits (Ixnae the Ausgemachthay)

As I prepare for Tales of the Cocktail—and juggle the day work—I’ve grown quiet on the blogging front, but wanted to give a heads up to those coming to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail that there’s been a name change: “Hausgemacht,” even though some distillers use the term to describe their homemade products, seemed just a little too esoteric, even for a somewhat secretive crowd. Besides, who needs German terms when we're dealing with the centuries-old craft of distilling America's primal spirit?

So it’s with great pleasure that Mike, Ian, and I will be presenting "Making Your Own Spirits: A Look into Artisan Nano-Distilling” at 2:30 Thursday July 17th at the Hotel Monteleone. WooHoo!

Michael Dietsch posted the last installment of his three-part interview with us here.

See you in New Orleans!

Goes well with:Our sponsor for the panel session, Piedmont Distillers, has been featured in the news a fair bit. Check out some of the links for background;

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I'm a contributor to Whisky Advocate, contributing editor for Distiller magazine, a former board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and an erstwhile museum curator. After a life of living in bitterly cold and unspeakably hot places, I'm lucky enough to be working my tail off in southern California. Can't beat that with a stick.

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My day job is freelance writing for business, government, and academic clients. When I’m not helping others get their stories out, I’m eating and drinking, planning to eat and drink, or, relying on my training as an anthropologist and museum curator to reflect on what I’ve eaten and drunk. I travel whenever I can, visiting distillers, artisan food producers, secondhand bookstores, and farmers’ markets. Sometimes I manage to write about it here.